Require 'diff/lcs/Array'

indium · February 25, 2009, 6:18pm

Hi All,

I need compare two text files. I should require ‘diff/lcs/Array’ when i
do this iam getting error. Should i install any additional gem(if yes
pls share the link). I am using Scite editor. As iam very new to ruby
kindly help me in this.

Thanks,
Venkat

indium · February 25, 2009, 6:56pm

On Feb 25, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Venkat K. wrote:

I need compare two text files. I should require ‘diff/lcs/Array’
when i
do this iam getting error.

I’ve tried using that library in the past, but its interface just
makes it crazy hard to work with. Now I would just do something like:

diff = diff -u #{shell_escape path1} #{shell_escape path2} 2>&1

I would define shell_escape() as something like:

def shell_escape(str)
String(str).gsub(/(?=[^a-zA-Z0-9_./-\x7F-\xFF\n])/n, ‘\’).
gsub(/\n/, “’\n’”).
sub(/^$/, “’’”)
end

Hope that helps.

James Edward G. II

indium · February 26, 2009, 6:05am

Hi ,

Thanks a lot for all ur replies… My problem is I could’t require
‘diff/lcs’. I am getting an error message like.

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require’: no such file to load – diff/lcs/Array
(LoadError)

Should I install any additional gem. kindly help me

Thanks,
venkat

Daniel B. wrote:

On Feb 25, 10:55ï¿½am, James G. [email protected] wrote:

On Feb 25, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Venkat K. wrote:

I need compare two text files. I should require ‘diff/lcs/Array’ ï¿½
when i
do this iam getting error.

I’ve tried using that library in the past, but its interface just ï¿½
makes it crazy hard to work with.

I came up with this for diff’ing 2 files and spitting the results to
stdout. It’s meant to simulate “diff -u” output, but it’s not quite
identical and is definitely not tested thoroughly:

diff_test.rb

require ‘diff/lcs’

The file ‘test1.txt’ contains the following 3 lines:

This is a house

Hello World

My favorite color is blue

The file ‘test2.txt’ contains the following 3 lines:

This is a car

Hello World

My favorite color is green

module Diff
module LCS
def self.diff_files(file1, file2)
array1 = IO.readlines(file1)
array2 = IO.readlines(file2)
diffs = diff(array1, array2)
     print diffs.first[0].action * 3 + ' '
     print file1
     print "\t" + File.mtime(file1).to_s

     puts

     print diffs.first[1].action * 3 + ' '
     print file2
     print "\t" + File.mtime(file2).to_s

     puts

     diffs.each_with_index{ |diff, i|
        diff.each{ |d|
           puts d.action + d.element
        }
     }
  end
end
end

Diff::LCS.diff_files(‘test1.txt’, ‘test2.txt’)

Here was the output of Diff::LCS.diff_files:

— test1.txt Wed Feb 25 12:18:42 -0700 2009
+++ test2.txt Wed Feb 25 12:18:53 -0700 2009
-This is a house
+This is a car
-My favorite color is blue
+My favorite color is green

Hope that was useful.

Regards,

Dan

indium · February 26, 2009, 4:01pm

On Feb 25, 10:04 pm, Venkat K. [email protected] wrote:

Hi ,

Thanks a lot for all ur replies… My problem is I could’t require
‘diff/lcs’. I am getting an error message like.

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require’: no such file to load – diff/lcs/Array
(LoadError)

Should I install any additional gem. kindly help me

Something may have gone wrong with your gem install. I would try
uninstalling diff-lcs and reinstalling it.

You haven’t installed it manually also, have you? Maybe you have it in
your sitelib dir as well, and it’s missing there.

Regards,

Dan

indium · February 26, 2009, 11:06pm

James G. wrote:

I would define shell_escape() as something like:

def shell_escape(str)
String(str).gsub(/(?=[^a-zA-Z0-9_./-\x7F-\xFF\n])/n, ‘\’).
gsub(/\n/, “’\n’”).
sub(/^$/, “’’”)
end

Nice! I always wished this method was in the Ruby stdlib. Maybe it
could be added as a class method of the Shell class in the “shell”
stdlib?

require ‘shell’
Shell.escape(‘foo “bar”.txt’)

Shall I file a feature request to ruby-core?

indium · February 26, 2009, 11:12pm

On Feb 26, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Suraj K. wrote:

Nice! I always wished this method was in the Ruby stdlib. Maybe it
could be added as a class method of the Shell class in the “shell”
stdlib?

It’s in Ruby 1.9. See my notes at the bottom of this post:

http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/the_secret_shell_helper

James Edward G. II

indium · February 25, 2009, 8:45pm

On Feb 25, 10:55 am, James G. [email protected] wrote:

On Feb 25, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Venkat K. wrote:

I need compare two text files. I should require ‘diff/lcs/Array’
when i
do this iam getting error.

I’ve tried using that library in the past, but its interface just
makes it crazy hard to work with.

I came up with this for diff’ing 2 files and spitting the results to
stdout. It’s meant to simulate “diff -u” output, but it’s not quite
identical and is definitely not tested thoroughly:

diff_test.rb

require ‘diff/lcs’

The file ‘test1.txt’ contains the following 3 lines:

This is a house

Hello World

My favorite color is blue

The file ‘test2.txt’ contains the following 3 lines:

This is a car

Hello World

My favorite color is green

module Diff
module LCS
def self.diff_files(file1, file2)
array1 = IO.readlines(file1)
array2 = IO.readlines(file2)
diffs = diff(array1, array2)

     print diffs.first[0].action * 3 + ' '
     print file1
     print "\t" + File.mtime(file1).to_s

     puts

     print diffs.first[1].action * 3 + ' '
     print file2
     print "\t" + File.mtime(file2).to_s

     puts

     diffs.each_with_index{ |diff, i|
        diff.each{ |d|
           puts d.action + d.element
        }
     }
  end

end
end

Diff::LCS.diff_files(‘test1.txt’, ‘test2.txt’)

Here was the output of Diff::LCS.diff_files:

— test1.txt Wed Feb 25 12:18:42 -0700 2009
+++ test2.txt Wed Feb 25 12:18:53 -0700 2009
-This is a house
+This is a car
-My favorite color is blue
+My favorite color is green

Hope that was useful.

Regards,

Dan